Lawmakers in Oregon are considering three bills that, if passed, would ease public safety requirements for convicted sex ...

Melanie Henshaw InvestigateWest A new bill progressing in the Oregon Legislature would allocate staff and resources within ...

Environmental groups and timberland owners are calling on Oregon lawmakers to support a yearslong agreement that will be ...

The Child Success Act is one of several bills meant to support mothers and small children this session, dubbed the 'Momnibus' bills.

Five weeks into the 2025 Oregon Legislature, lawmakers have introduced 3,317 bills, resolutions and memorials. Members of the ...

The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are proposing to increase the program's funding from $8 million to $14 million per two-year ...

Oregon has dozens of people waiting an average of over 13 days to be admitted to the state psychiatric hospitals. State ...

Oregon’s second-highest court affirmed Wednesday that the voter-approved gun control law Measure 114 is constitutional, ...

Recent data shows that more defendants are going unrepresented than ever, despite the state's plans to build a more robust public defense system.

The bill arrives in the wake of recent divisive, weekslong teacher strikes in Portland in late 2023 and Albany last fall in ...